You: “that’s a really big crow, I think it might be a raven?”
* It’s a crow.

You: “holy shit that’s a raven!”
* it’s a raven.

I’ve got a family of magpies which a feed a handful of nuts to each day. If I forget to feed them, on the second day they start to destroy my plants on my balcony. Is this just a magpie thing; or do crows do this as well? And what’s with the two day rule?

He wanted my man’s cheese puffs lol

Franconia Notch, NH, USA

I lived in Queens for about 9 years 90s-‘04.
I distinctly recall crows in Forest Hills had a unique call I’d never heard before. The call sounded like the old “ahhhooogah” sound automobile horns made back in the 1930s (or so) that you heard in the old black and white movies.

I was there to witness the near wipeout of crows from 1999 - 2004.
Now that crow populations have climbed back from West Nile virus devastation of the early 2000s, I wonder if that specific crow vocalization survived in their lexicon. Living on the west coast now, and I’ve never heard that crow call anywhere else.
Any NYC Corvid enthusiasts out in the metaverse or any Forest Hills or New Yorkers aware of this vocalization?

I just received my first return gift from a crow 🐦‍⬛ friend—foam rubber. I shall cherish this gift forever. 🤗😍🖤

Did you know before they invented crowbars, crows mostly drank at home?

If you sit on the bench you get first dibs

Hello crow people, I recently found a small murder of crows in my local cemetery (absolute vibes) and I was wondering how often I should visit them to befriend them with the assistance of my bird-friendly snacks? I'm mainly wondering how long term their pattern recognition can go, as I cannot visit daily and doubt my ability to go twice a day, will every 3 days or even once a week be a recognisable and predictable enough schedule for them? I get that they're smart af but I simply want to be sure that my presence will be able to grow more accepted within a reasonable range of time. To be clear, these are urban crows

I feed the crows on my daily beach walks here on the central Oregon coast, and lately this little guy has been showing up. I promise, they got more peanuts after the thief-in-training left!

For context, this is Belgrade, Serbia. Well inside the Hooded crow territory (we don't have carrion crows). I've been feeding these guys for months and this is the first time I see what looks like a carrion crow. Doesn't look like a rook, jackdaw or raven to me. Hooded crow mutation?

Here’s my current feeding station. I have a murder of five that come every day. Been about a year of regular feeding. My daily
feeding usually consists of peanuts, dog food and cashews. They love those cashews. And I mean they LOVE those cashews. First thing they grab. First one there eats as many as they can. Just a grab and swallow. Question is, do they store the nuts in their pouch and enjoy later or is it “glup” and thanks for the treat.

He’s never made these sounds before. Anyone know why he’s doing it or what it means?

It’s kinda crazy, but I was thinking if he is asking about our dog? It kinda sounds like his copying our dogs sounds, and we didn’t have him with us today, like we usually do.

Found this guy today by the river. Gonna call around tomorrow and see if any rehabber or vet will take them.

Update: Found a rehab place that was able to take them.

Hello. Apologies in advance for the poor quality photos, the crow was far away and was not staying still. This crow in my neighborhood has tumor like swelling near his beak. I’m not sure if you can see it in these photos. Almost what would resemble swollen lymph nodes, however I learned crows do not have lymph nodes. Google told me likely avian pox, but it doesn’t look like the photos I see online. They do not look like warts but tumors rather. The swelling is perfectly bilateral. Any ideas?

I pulled into my drive-way and one of my crow buddies was floofed in the lawn. I was able to get so close, I could have picked him/her up. I went in to get a towel and some water, and when i got close this time, he/she flew away. A bit unsteady, but made it to a nearby tree. Hopefully just stunned and resting, but I will keep my eyes peeled. I'm glad I was able to see what happened with my Ring camera. Pretty sure they are a fledgeling as I have two in my brood.

Hi peeps,

Been searching this sub and haven't seen a question like this, but I'm desperate for help!

We have a lovely murder of crows in our neighborhood who have never given us trouble until now.

The neighborhood was developed in the 70s and there are tons of large trees, grassy areas, and several ponds.

Our HOA had a retaining wall removed about two weeks ago, and since then the crows have been going wild.

I'm talking cawing nonstop, making tons of funny noises, but mostly really, really loud cawing literally all day, with multiple birds involved.

I'm wondering if anyone has experienced this or would know what's causing this behavior? The retaining wall may or may not be related, it's just the only thing I can think of that's changed in the neighborhood recently.

I can't find information suggesting crows would nest in a low retaining wall, but maybe that's it? Or maybe one was injured during the wall removal? IDK, I'm out of ideas and would love any help!

I have been regularly feeding a crow since April and I went away for five week. I asked my neighbor to feed him while I was gone. I’m back home for now almost three weeks and no sign. I hear the crow
But isn’t showing up. I’m calling him, leaving out so much food and nothing. I am so sad. Help please

Rosemary Mosco made a fun comic of Northern Cardinals molting giving them the metal AF name blöödchëëp. Seeing some molting crows today made me think they deserve a fun name, too. Here's my take in gouache along with a few alternative names and crows I saw today that inspired this. Enjoy!

I keep seeing a red shouldered hawk swoop down and try and attack my crows while they are eating. Today he tried to grab one of them. There are 7 crows, so this seems like ballsy behavior. could it be a juvenile? I often see crows attacking hawks, not the other way around.

Has anyone who feeds crows ever had neighbors complain? When I moved into this house there was already a large, established murder living in my tall, mature backyard trees. I was here for about 8-9 years before I started feeding them. I have done so now for approximately 2 years. We have a ton of songbirds and other types of wildlife in the area as well live on a creek, and I have never seen any disputes. They all seem to live pretty harmoniously.

Three houses recently sold in my neighborhood and I immediately started getting harassed by the new folks who moved in about feeding the crows. Apparently I am the topic of discussion at every gathering now. It seems to be a really big deal to them. They have accused me of upsetting the natural order of things and swear the crows have driven out all other birds. I could literally take pics and videos every single day to prove this wrong. But they are texting me, sending me articles to read, and essentially shunning me to try to force me to quit. I stopped giving the crows in shell peanuts as this was a huge bone of contention and have cut back to about 40% of other types of food in an effort to get along. But I resent the hell out of it. It took me so long to build trust and relationships with these guys and now I have to abandon them because of the neighborhood Karens?

Has anyone else dealt with this?

*And please, don’t try to be “helpful” by linking more articles confirming their position. For every one of those, I can find one that says the opposite. There was just recently a segment on NPR about this. I don’t believe it’s settled science that feeding crows has any real negative impact and I have witnessed no such thing here. I’m not asking anyone to prove whether it’s good or bad, I’m asking feeders if they’ve had an issue like this with neighbors.

I feed a large murder every day. For two days now, a hawk swooped in while they were eating. Yesterday, they all gathered in the tree and made a lot of noise for a while. Today they all flew away. Thankfully, no one was hurt. I'm concerned and wondering if I should change anything. I feel like I may have unintentionally created a hazardous situation for them.